ANBG Management Team Meeting

CrosbieMorrisonBuilding - ANBG

30 June 2009

Minutes

Chair: / Anne Duncan
Attendees: / Frances Verrier; Greg Whitbread; Francoise Zaalen-Arbaut; Stephen Speer; Murray Fagg; Jim Croft; Lucy Sutherland; Brendan Lepschi; Craig Cosgrove
Apologies: / Mark Clements
Secretariat: / Anne Duncan

Anne Duncan opened the meeting at 11:05am

  1. Matters Arising From Previous Meetings

a.ANBG logo. Gemma and Louise from Couch Creative discussed the ANBG logo report. Specific points addressed were:

  • The current ANBG logo is very academic in nature and does not have broad appeal to the general public. While it is important to respect the tradition of the current logo, there is also a need to re-invigorate the brand to broaden its appeal to a mainstream audience.
  • The ANBG needs one master brand. The master brand is sourced from an organisations mission / vision, and the logo is the visual representation of this brand. An organisation’s logo will therefore also have a feel or ‘essence’ derived from the organisation’s vision and mission.
  • Market research can be valuable in determining the type and style of ‘branding’ to use. It is important to survey ANBG non-visitors as well as visitors, as it is the main stream non-visitors the brand will also be trying to relate to.
  • Once a master brand is developed it is important to develop guidelines for its application and update / redesign the style guide to reflect the new brand.
  • The current strategic planning process is a perfect opportunity to re-brand the ANBG. Re-branding symbolises development and progression in an organisation.

Actions:

  1. Unit leaders may provide any comments on the logo examples in the report to Stephen.

b.Work Plans and Budget. Anne reported that budget pressure papers had been submitted and that Anne and Francoise were meeting with the Parks Business Management Section and Peter Taylor tomorrow morning to discuss the budget.

c.Kangaroo Management. Deferred until next meeting due to time constraints.

2. Standing Items

a.PAS Branch Meeting Report.There was no meeting due to absence of Peter Taylor. Anne stated that the Department’s Strategic Plan is open for comment on the internet. The Secretary has stated that the plan will drive the allocation of resources for the future. Individual staff may make comment on the plan. Responses are due by C.O.B. Thursday 9 July 2009.

b.OH&S. Nil

c.Staffing. Current staffing movements / recruitment:

  • Murray has selected two staff (one full time and one part time) to work on weeds project.
  • Paul Carmen has been appointed to the APS6 Collections Manager position until 30 June 2009 (replacing the old APS6 Plant Records manager position). The APS 3 plant records position is still to be finalised. The APS 6 GIS position has been advertised and applications close on 6 July 2009.
  • Brendan Douglas will remain working in IBIS.
  • All CVS staff who were on contract have been extended into July 2009. Molly’s position needs to be advertises as it has hit the three year cut off period.
  • Living Collections are currently recruiting APS 3 and APS 4 position. Applications currently being reviewed. All living collection contractors with the exception of Julie Percival, Thomas Wood and Anthony Haraldson finish on 30 June 2009.

d.Planning Update. Lucy is currently analysing the results of the community consultation. Lucy has completed a description of the results and will place it on the unit leaders shared drive for comment and further discussion.

Actions:

  1. Lucy to make consultation report available for review by unit leaders.

e.CPBR Review. Jim reported that the CPBR Review is complete and available for internal comment on the internal website. They are currently establishing working groups to examine possible reasons for the diversity of staff responses to some questions in the review.

3.New Business

  1. Meeting Timing. The meeting was moved to Tuesday mornings so that it would not clash with Staff Awareness or the CPBR Executive meetings that are currently held on Wednesdays. Jim noted that there is another meeting on the first Tuesday of every month, and that unit leaders will need to avoid this day. Unit Leaders can be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month.

4.Exceptional Reporting – Nil Items

Next Meeting:28 July 2009 - Dickson Room

Meeting closed approx 12.30pm.

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